New to Roon. Which QNAP and set up

[AndersVinberg]

I wrote up my process a long time ago: the description is quite lengthy but the result is very simple:

Simplified Roon configuration: no network or NAS

I had Roon running on my desktop PC, worked fine but that machine is used for other stuff that sometimes interfered with music play. And I had a NAS, and a lot of networking, and it just felt complicated. A distributed computer system—I just wanted a simple music player. So I set up the simplest, most appliance-like configuration I could. I wanted a box with no moving parts. No spindles. The proverbial “solid block of silicon.” The key recognition is that using RAID for a music player is unnece…

But I think that since then, things have become easier.
Before you wade into my description, let’s hope somebody can offer an easier description. @andybob suggestions?